OPEN COURT 4, LESSON 4 – STUDY GUIDE

 

 

Spelling: Doubling the Final Consonant

drag

drip

star

thin

knot

quit

snap

scar

knit

plug

tug

mop

rip

chop

kiss

shopping

sobbing

clapping

petting

begged

Vocabulary

tidal wave

wreckage

unconscious

sorrowfully

unfortunate

 

 

renewing

horizon

faltered

persuaded

porcelain

fragrance

unfortunate

anxiously

 

Assignment #1___________ Write the definition for each of the vocabulary words in your spiral notebooks in your best cursive writing.

Assignment #2____________Answer questions 5—9 in complete, thoughtful sentences.Pull-out Students: Answer questions 1—5 in complete, thoughtful sentences. (Use answer format.)

Study Guide Questions

1.     Describe the setting of the story and explain why it’s so important to the plot.

 

2.     What makes Jiya realize that his parents are dead?

 

3.     How do Kino and Setsu feel about Jiya coming to live with them?

 

4.     What does Kino mean when he tells his father that they’re unlucky because they live in Japan?

 

5.     What evidence can you give to support the statement that Kino’s father is an optimist?

 

6.     How did Jiya try to escape his sad memories?

 

7.     Kino’s father kept saying, “Life is stronger than death.” What did he mean?

 

8.     Compare Jiya and Mafatu from Call It Courage. What do you think they might tell one another?

 

9.     What do you think happens to Jiya and Kino at the end of the book?